My primary research interests involve two seemingly diverse areas of study, namely 1) the use of healthcare claim databases to address clinical research questions, and 2) the use of college of pharmacy educational data to address student assessment questions. The two areas of research are however linked in several ways, which include the ability to maintain and utilize data maintained in different physical locations and formats, the ability to chose and apply appropriate methodological techniques for a given situation, and the ability to recognize limitation of patient/student level data and carefully interpret statistical findings.
